Remember this post about the pettiskirt? Well, many of you asked about the headband…….

I have posted about the satin flowers before…….hmmmm, maybe a year or so ago, but didn’t give a step-by-step and didn’t show it on a headband. But these little satin flowers really are a fun little thing to put on anything. Clothing, bags, headbands, etc.

But since many have requested the headband version, here it is:

Such a fun and vibrant accessory.

Many color combos are at your fingertips.

The headbands work especially well to keep hair out of the face,while your little one peeps on the neighbors. (We’ll have to have a talk…)

And how can you resist all those layers of petals… Nice and full and perfectly sweet.

Ready to make your own?

First, begin by cutting about 6 circles of satin material for each flower. (I just found the cheapest satin I could…..only a few $’s a yard, and it worked great. The satin just needs to be able to melt with fire, rather than burn.) The blue flower is bigger and the largest circle is about 3 inches in diameter. The largest green circle is about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

I made each circle gradually smaller, making sure they fit on top of the circle just larger than it, and didn’t worry one bit about making it a perfect circle. The uneven-ness of each circle will add to the beauty of the flower. Promise.

Then I used a lighter and slightly melted the edges of each flower, This also caused the edges to curl up a bit.

Then, one at a time, I hot glued each circle to the one below it, until I had my layered flower.

Then I placed a rather full blob of hot glue in the center of the flower…….

…….then dumped a pile of these little filler beads right on top. (You know, the same ones I used for filling up the “I-spy” bags here.) You could use real beads or skip the hot glue and sew on beads to the center. But I just had these filler beads and thought they were the perfect shape. And I have had the pink flowered headband (shown above) for a while, which has been tossed and smashed and in the bottom of my purse……..and the little beads are still holding strong.

Then I mashed the beads into the glue blob, and formed it to the shape I wanted it with my fingers.

Then I dumped off the excess beads.

And that was it. The centers for the flowers are done.

Then I cut out pieces of felt, into the shape of petals.

Then I melted the edges of the felt, just for a textured look. And also held the flame on the center of the petal a bit……which gave it more texture, but also made the petal round inwards just a bit.

Then I glued the two petals together…

Then glued the flowers right on top of the petals. Trim any parts of the petal off, that may be peeking from the top or sides, if necessary.

Then, I just use these stretchy headbands (from Wal-Mart/Target) because they stay in my little girl’s hair better than hard headbands. But you could use either. I glued the headband right to the back of the headband.

Once that cooled, I added a nice thick layer of hot glue to the top of that, and let it dry. This creates a nice rubbery surface, and helps keep the headband in place on slippery hair.

Love these! Can't wait to make them. I kinda had an idea how to make them, but wasn't sure. Thanks for the tutorial. Love your blog!P.S. Check out mine anytime….I tried some of your other tutorials with great success. Thanks again!http://www.brittasboutique.blogspot.com

I guess it could be the fabric…mine have never turned black. Are you using a candle or a lighter? A candle will often have a little bit of a smoke to it, and may add black to your edges…..so I always use a lighter. Also, never leave the flame on the fabric for too long. Just for split second, to melt it just a bit. But maybe try a different variety of satin too. That could be the problem. Good luck!

Me and two friends made these out of white. We used whatever pens were around to trace the circle. They both had black ink but my pen was pink ink. My edges that had ink still showing turned pink while theirs turned black. We would have never figured it out if I didn’t have a different colored pen.

Also, 100% polyester is the best way to go. I go to thrift store and look through the clothes to find things that are made out of 100% polyester. You can find some great colors and patterns this way and its also a wonderful way to reuse! :D

Your flowers will also turn black if you're holding them in the top half of the flame. If you use the bottom, rounder part of the flame, burning shouldn't be an issue. The same way people heat set ribbon to keep it from fraying. Very cute to use the poly fill beads! I sometimes poke a hole through the middle of all the layers and push a cute scrapbooking brad through the middle.

Uh-dorable! I love them! I have a 4 daughters and a lot of nieces that would love these! I think I would add a strip of felt across the backside (instead of leaving the hotglue)- because I can imagine my girls picking at that! ;) Thanks for sharing.

Lol, I looked all over the internet for directions to make a satin flower on Thursday night. I was in a wedding and needed something to dress up my simple hairstyle. It turned out really cute, and was a great way to use up some of the spare fabric from my bridesmaid dress.Your instructions are much more simple than the ones I found, though, and your little girl looks so sweet in her new headband!

Okay, first of all, your little girl is DARLING! Secondly, I cannot wait to get my hands on the stuff to make these. They're not too complicated and perfect for a beginning crafter like myself. You are SO talented! Thanks!

These are darling and I'm amazed at how simple they are to make. I noticed in the photo you used to show the cut circles, there were different shades of satin; were the ottars on the final flowers made with the differing shades of satin?

j.mcf – All of the circles are all the same color. It was just the lighting and the camera that made it look like different colored circles. Sorry about that confusion. So yep, make them all the same color….and they'll turn out great!

When we moved recently, the first week at church, I noticed that an insane amount of women, young women, little girls, and babies all had flowers in their hair. I vowed I would never do it, because I hate being a clone.

And then you go and show a tutorial for ADORABLE flowers that I cannot resist! Blast it, Ashley! ;)

Awesome! That's so easy–my little girl's hair is IMPOSSIBLE to keep in a hair band, so I'll have to try this. My own hair (and everyone else's in the family) is thick, curly, and you do whatever it wants to do…I have absolutely no idea what to do with hair as fine as hers. Extra-fine, straight hair is a trait of Trisomy 21 but I had hoped her parents' genetics might overcome DS…no such luck! So I'm looking forward to trying this. :)

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Mine don't curl either :( I'm not sure waht I'm doing wrong, I bought a bunch of satin because I wanted to make some for my daughter and her friends for Christmas. Any thoughts? I think the satin I got was called poly satin, from hobby lobby.

Hmmmm……if they're not curling, are you using a lighter? Are you holding the heat there long enough to really melt the edges? You can make the edges all uneven and really try to curl up the edges better by trying to melt it more and more. I bought my satin at Hobby Lobby and it curls just fine. SO I'm thinking that it just needs to be melted a little bit more. Let me know how it works and good luck!

I just finished making this headband and I love it! :) I made a brown silk flower and an off whitish flower and I skipped the leaves altogether. Also, I used buttons for the center, instead of beads which didn't look right for the style I was going for :/ But I know as soon as I show this to my friends they will DIE :D:D I'm going to have to make one for everyone! :) But I'm sure I don't mind, it was really fun!

Ps. You have the most adorable little girl ever :) She looks so sweet! :DThanks you so much for the tutorial!! It was awesome! :D:D

after seeing some headbands in liked in the stores i decided I wanted to create my own. these are so cute and it turned out pretty good. my only question is how do u get it so the edges arent burnt, altought I kinda like that, gives it a edgy look. I didnt have any beads, I may have to try that.

I had a newborn photo shoot last month and was very interested in how to do these flowers. I have to say this was so very simple. I looked through my giveaway clothing bag for some silk items. I found a old shirt and cut it up, with my daughters help I made 2 head bands! I love it and thanks!

Need to make some headbands for my girls for a wedding we will be attending. These are super classy and I have everything to make them! (Yes, even the plastic beads from my own venture at “I Spy Bags”. What a perfect way to use them up!) Thank you so much!

really cute. I have a friend with a wedding coming up, and she is looking for something just like that. I’ll tell her about your site. You might appreciate this one too. This girl makes some really cute headbands.

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gorgeous! i jump from one site after another and ended up here! love your site and love your crafts! i specially love this headband. are you on etsy? do you sell your items like this headband? i would love this for my little Andi, specially she still doesn’t have a full head of hair at age 1!

Thank you so much for the simple but gorgeous idea! I’ve just made my 1st flower and it looks so lovely! I’m going to make several to be worn as brooches by the women of our family at my wedding later this year.

I’m trying to find something else more ‘masculine’ to make buttonholes for the men – can anyone help?

I was looking for stuff to be given as giveaways for my lil’ princess birthday. This craft is so helpful and very nice. Thank you so much. I tried tinkerbell costume from your tutorial and it turned out nice. Oh! I’m so in love with you! Hahaha . Thank you so much.

Thanks so much for the tutorial! These were so much fun to make! I only did one thing different, instead of burning up fuel with a lighter I used my heat embossing tool I use with scrapbooking! It worked great! Thanks so much!